Harvest is over and I can breathe a sigh of relief. Now the English weather can throw what it likes at us and I won’t worry for a few months! In the end the grape quality of the 2015 vintage was much better than I had dared hope for given the...
Read moreHarvest 2015 nearly here!
Preparations are now underway for harvest. After a cool and damp August and an unsettled start to September the grapes are ripening – but slowly – so we will be later starting this year than in 2014. I am hoping that we will be picking our...
Read moreMay at Albourne Estate
In many ways this is the most beautiful time of year in the vineyard. So far we appear to have dodged any frosts without having to light the ‘bougies’ (hurray!) and the young shoots are growing fast. This photo of the Chardonnay vines...
Read moreApril Blog on Sussex Life…
April is a month of avidly watching the weather forecasts and sleepless nights for award-winning wine producer Alison Nightingale, as the first buds start appearing on the vines at her vineyard, Albourne Estate, near Hurstpierpoint. The beautiful...
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